I'm new here and just looking to make contacts/friends to maybe go out for a drink? a dance club? day trip somewhere at the weekend? a meal out that isn't my at my canteen? - open to suggestions. Maybe get a little group together to eat or go to a bar? Are there any bars?

this restaurant's existed for some time (see the link http://huaian.jiangsu.net/dining/premie ... ian&id=138) but I don't know if it is still there. Other thing is its ownership. I don't know if the chef is a Greek chef or a Chinese local. You may be the best candidate to go there to taste. Please let us know after you return the forum.

Hey, Huai'an is my home town! My grandmother still lives there and I've visited the city many times in the past. Unfortunately I'm still in the U.S., though I hope to return to China to work early next year.

Angelika, can I ask what you're doing in Huai'an? You sound like an expat, Chinese-American like me perhaps?

hahah, funny, now I kinda get your screen name; I understand your boredom, Huai'an is somewhat of a smaller, sleepy city, I actually know a couple of friends from that area, I will ask them if there are anything fun to do. I remember when I was a kid, I liked to look at the cargo barges float down the river, in the streets, there are usually public performances of huaiju (like Peking Opera, but in the local style), and there are always random stuff to do (for a kid anyway) such as going to parks and hanging out.

I hope to visit the place early next year so will let you know, do you have facebook by the way? I'll message you my email/contacts.

judging by your nick you seem to be from the former Soviet Union and definetely speak Russian. So are you still there in Hui'an?Chances are I am going to work in this city this year and I'd like to ask you some questions about living there. I wonder if you still follow the topic...

Undertaker wrote:judging by your nick you seem to be from the former Soviet Union and definetely speak Russian. So are you still there in Hui'an?Chances are I am going to work in this city this year and I'd like to ask you some questions about living there. I wonder if you still follow the topic...